street
Castleham Road
Castleham Road at a glance
Planning and building here
Closing dates you can still act on, applications and decisions on the street, appeals, the protections that cover it, and the council's land and licensing papers.
Planning on this street
2026: 2 applications (1 granted, 0 refused and 1 not yet decided)
- Verge at Castleham RoadGranted permission
Construction and operation of a micro energy storage project consisting of a 200kW (800kWhr) Energy Storage System (ESS) (known as a 'Battery Box').
HS/FA/26/00503, validated Thu 27 Aug 2026, decided in the week of Mon 19 Oct 2026. 1 comment from the public: 0 objections, 0 in support, 1 other on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗
Over roofing works to industrial units, to include: - overlay of existing asbestos cement roofing sheets with steel powder coated roofing sheets; inserting insulation in void between the two roofs; lining of rainwater goods (valley gutters); overroofing existing mineral felt with mineral felt to office blocks at the front
HS/FA/26/00463, validated Fri 7 Aug 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗
Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees
None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Castleham Road as mapped.
Listed buildings
Tree preservation orders near Castleham Road
- TPO 37: made 15 July 1970, confirmed 14 November 1973; 15 trees, 9 groups of trees, 30 areas of trees, 31 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature
Flood zones
None of Castleham Road’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”
Protected nature
- Ancient woodland: Castleham Road’s line passes within about 100 m of 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory.
What the council lists here
- Castleham Road 1-10, Substation Site (Ref: 47/44R1086)
1-10 Castleham Road, TN38 9NR · Substation · Land Only
- Castleham Road 1
1 Castleham Road, TN38 9NS · Industrial · Land & Buildings
- Castleham Road 2
2 Castleham Road, TN38 9NS · Industrial · Land & Buildings
- Castleham Road 3
3 Castleham Road, TN38 9NS · Industrial · Land & Buildings
- Castleham Road 4
4 Castleham Road, TN38 9NS · Industrial · Land & Buildings
- Castleham Road 5
5 Castleham Road, TN38 9NS · Industrial · Land & Buildings
- Castleham Road 6
6 Castleham Road, TN38 9NR · Industrial · Land & Buildings
- Castleham Road 7
7 Castleham Road, TN38 9NR · Industrial · Land & Buildings
On the street now
Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.
Who looks after this street
Adopted highway: yes. Castleham Road is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.
Roadworks here
Who has dug up this street or plans to, and why, from their permits.
Roadworks across townIn the last 13 months
- UK Power Networks South Eastern two-way temporary lights
New service connection · standard works (four to ten days) · in the footway, carriageway and verge · pavement closed, with another way round
1 to 9 June 2026finished 9 June - BT give and take
Utility asset works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway and carriageway
7 to 9 May 2026finished 9 May - East Sussex County Council road closed
Highway repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the carriageway
13 April 2026finished 13 April
Homes and premises
What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.
Broadband here
The record holds one postcode for this street: some premises there could get gigabit-capable broadband, not all, and every premises could get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more).
Nearby
Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.
Buses on Castleham Road
- Moorhurst Road (opp)
319C to Hollington Whatlington Way
Weekdays: 4 buses, 06:45–07:55 · Saturday: none · Sunday: none
- Gresley Road (adj)
319C to Hollington Whatlington Way
Weekdays: 4 buses, 06:46–07:57 · Saturday: none · Sunday: none
- Moorhurst Road (adj)
319C to Hastings station
Weekdays: 3 buses, 16:15–17:58 · Saturday: none · Sunday: none
Crime and policing in Hollington ward
In August 2026, the police recorded 43 crimes and 26 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Hollington ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 551 crimes and 160 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.
Its police team is Hollington. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - For Hollington Residents, Monday 9 November 2026, 12pm, Hollington Bowl, Wishing Tree Road North.
The team's priorities, as the police word them: Anti-Social Behaviour; Anti-social Driving / Theft from or of vehicles.
The team's contact details on data.police.uk: email hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk. Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.
Charging an electric car
The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is GeniePoint near John Macadam Way, about 920 m from the middle of this street (no details mapped).
GP, pharmacy and dentist
- High Glades Medical Centre920 m
9a Upper Church Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7AT · 01424 754678
- Tesco Instore Pharmacy660 m
Church Wood Drive, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9RB · 01424 786449
- Toad Hall Dental Surgery650 m
1 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7AX
The practice told the NHS it accepts new NHS patients for routine care if they are: adults aged 18 or over; adults entitled to free routine dental care; children aged 17 or under. The practice last confirmed this on 23 September 2026. Information from the NHS website, read 30 October 2026.
Schools nearby
- Churchwood Primary School800 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 11 October 2022: overall effectiveness Good
- Hollington Primary School900 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 19 July 2022: overall effectiveness Inadequate
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)940 m
Special · ages 5 to 16 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 24 June 2025: overall effectiveness not judged
Care homes nearby
- EVHM LLP - 5 High Beech Close420 m
Care homes · rated Good (23 May 2025)
- EVHM LLP - 6 High Beech Close420 m
Care homes · rated Good (28 May 2026)
- EVHM LLP - 1 Johnson Close600 m
Care homes · rated Good (18 July 2019)
Parks and play areas
- Park or garden near Hertford Close, the nearest public park or garden: about 600 m to its nearest mapped entrance.
- Play space near Lincoln Close, the nearest play area: about 380 m.
On the record
Council papers and other documents that name Castleham Road, newest first.
Named in council papers
2026-27 P06 Financial Update Report to end of September 2026 - Q2
2.9 Property and Commercial Assets Manager The property and commercial service is projecting an overspend of £44,5k, which is mainly because several Council-owned properties are vacant and therefore not generating rental income. The affected properties include four industrial units at 8 Castleham Road, 20 Castleham Road, 16 Theaklen Drive and 4 Maunsell Road, together with Unit 2, Lacuna Place, the 1st floor offices at Bank Buildings and the kiosk on Bottle Alley.
Minutes Public Pack, 11/03/2026 Planning Committee
Zoe Taylor, Planning Officer, introduced the application by Hastings Borough Council on council owned land at 20-31 Castleham Road. No updates had arisen since the publication of the committee report. A series of slides was shown, including the location plan, and an aerial photograph.
Minutes Public Pack, 01/09/2025 Cabinet
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME (30 MINUTES) A member of the public raised a question regarding Hastings Borough Council’s lease of a property in Castleham Road to General Dynamics. The questioner asked whether the Council recognises that complicity in genocide is a criminal offence under UK law, and whether, if General Dynamics is supplying components used in the war in Gaza, this would constitute a breach of its lease agreement with the Council.
Minutes Public Pack, 01/09/2025 Cabinet
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME (30 MINUTES) A member of the public raised a question regarding Hastings Borough Council’s lease of a property in Castleham Road to General Dynamics. The questioner asked whether the Council recognises that complicity in genocide is a criminal offence under UK law, and whether, if General Dynamics is supplying components used in the war in Gaza, this would constitute a breach of its lease agreement with the Council.
Minutes Public Pack, 01/09/2025 Cabinet
PUBLIC QUESTION TIME (30 MINUTES) A member of the public raised a question regarding Hastings Borough Council’s lease of a property in Castleham Road to General Dynamics. The questioner asked whether the Council recognises that complicity in genocide is a criminal offence under UK law, and whether, if General Dynamics is supplying components used in the war in Gaza, this would constitute a breach of its lease agreement with the Council.